Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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'Union leaders talk tough on pay' is a headline that could have been written thousands of times over the past 100 years, but rarely have nurses' representatives been so furious as they are now. Two weeks on from the decision to withhold a 1 per cent pay award from most NHS nursing staff in England and Wales, and tempers are continuing to flare.
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The government's decision to reject the recommendation of the independent pay review body and deny a cost of living increase to NHS staff in England is infuriating, ill-advised, and immoral.
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Regulation is not the key to assuring that the best nurses are working in the NHS, a patient safety and quality conference heard last week.
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Hospitals should have a statutory duty to report even 'moderate' harm caused to patients, according to an independent report into a proposed duty of candour published last week.